Symposium on the Future of the Humanities

The Symposium brought together in one place many original and thoughtful leaders in humanities scholarship and education and aimed to add to our understanding of the potential of the humanities to enrich and inform our lives in both their civic and personal dimensions by formulating moral challenges and drawing historical lessons.

The Symposium was held in partnership with the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of Johns Hopkins University, and supported by the Henry Luce Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Details from the Symposium

The Symposium was held at SAIS in Washington, DC, on March 29, 2011, and was organized into four main sessions over a full day (including lunch and a reception). The audience for the Symposium was made up of approximately 200 invited participants, including scholars, leaders of educational and cultural institutions, public officials, publishers, and journalists.

Jean Elshtain, Laura Spelman Rockefeller Professor of Social and Political Ethics in the Divinity School, University of Chicago; Douglas C. Bennett, President and Professor of Politics, Earlham College

Jean Elshtain, Laura Spelman Rockefeller Professor of Social and Political Ethics in the Divinity School, University of Chicago; Douglas C. Bennett, President and Professor of Politics, Earlham College

Kwame Anthony Appiah, Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy and the University Center for Human Values, Princeton University; Edward Hirsch, President, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation; Victoria Mora, Dean, St. John’s College (NM); Moderator: Matthew Santirocco, Seryl Kushner Dean of the College of Arts and Science and Associate Provost for Undergraduate Academic Affairs, New York University

Kwame Anthony Appiah, Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy and the University Center for Human Values, Princeton University; Edward Hirsch, President, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation; Victoria Mora, Dean, St. John’s College (NM); Moderator: Matthew Santirocco, Seryl Kushner Dean of the College of Arts and Science and Associate Provost for Undergraduate Academic Affairs, New York University

Kwame Anthony Appiah, Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy and the University Center for Human Values, Princeton University; Edward Hirsch, President, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation; Victoria Mora, Dean, St. John’s College (NM); Moderator: Matthew Santirocco, Seryl Kushner Dean of the College of Arts and Science and Associate Provost for Undergraduate Academic Affairs, New York University

Kwame Anthony Appiah, Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy and the University Center for Human Values, Princeton University; Edward Hirsch, President, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation; Victoria Mora, Dean, St. John’s College (NM); Moderator: Matthew Santirocco, Seryl Kushner Dean of the College of Arts and Science and Associate Provost for Undergraduate Academic Affairs, New York University